378: What if your private nightmare was also theirs?
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
A woman, who ignores her instincts, enters a marriage that soon spirals into betrayal and control. When the truth finally comes to light, she must choose between devastation and the chance to reclaim her life.
Today’s episode featured Amy Irvine. If you’d like to reach out to Amy, you can email her at [email protected].
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A special thanks to Todd Renenbohm of the Bunny Hugs & Mental Health Podcast for referring Amy to us.
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz
Content/Trigger Warnings: Child emotional abuse and neglect, Body shaming and eating-related control, Sexual coercion and marital rape, Drugging and sexual assault, Domestic violence and attempted strangulation, Psychological and emotional manipulation, Infidelity and betrayal, Threat to animals, Discussion of multiple victims of sexual assault, Trauma recovery and PTSD, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to exclusive episodes of This Is Actually Happening |
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| 0:09.6 | This Is Actually Happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:13.9 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode |
| 0:17.0 | and for more information about support services. |
| 0:35.4 | Everything in my life just all kind of collapsed into this one moment, almost like a flip book. |
| 0:36.4 | Like the pages of my life just flipped past me all at once |
| 0:41.0 | and everything kind of made sense, but at the same time, none of it made sense. |
| 0:52.2 | From Wondery, I'm Whitmyssledine. |
| 0:56.9 | You're listening to This Is Actually Happening. |
| 1:04.4 | Episode 378. |
| 1:08.4 | What if your private nightmare was also theirs? |
| 1:18.0 | It's your man, Nick Cannon, I'm here to bring you my new podcast, Nick Cannon at night. |
| 1:22.7 | Every week, I'm bringing out some of my celebrity friends and the best experts in the business to answer your most intimate relationship questions. |
| 1:29.9 | So don't be shy. |
| 1:30.9 | Join the conversation and head over to YouTube |
| 1:32.8 | to watch Nick Cannon at night |
| 1:34.3 | or subscribe on the Wondery app |
| 1:36.4 | or wherever you get your podcast. Both my parents are from Scotland. |
| 1:54.6 | My dad worked for a trade union. |
| 1:57.7 | He was always a very hard worker. |
| 2:00.2 | He was always a very moral person. He always stood up for |
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